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1. An elderly woman collapses to the floor in a bingo hall. Your first
action should be:
A. Open the airway and give 2 breaths. (mouth to mouth rapid is best)
B. Go grab the defibrillator off the wall in the hallway.
C. Yell out/ call for help while simultaneously assessing for pulse and
respirations. (carotid or femoral is best)
D. Check for a carotid or radial pulse.
- Correct Answer - C. Yell out/ call for help while simultaneously
assessing for pulse and respirations. (carotid or femoral is best)
2. You are performing 1 rescuer CPR on a 75-year-old female with a
history of chest pain and diabetes. An AED has just been made
available to you. What is the first action that you should take at this time?
A. Finish the 5 cycles of chest compressions that you have started.
B. Place the AED pads on the chest.
C. Secure an electrical outlet to plug the AED into.
D. Turn the AED on.
- Correct Answer - D. Turn the AED on.
,3. You are attending your nephew's birthday party when a 15-year-old
suddenly starts choking on a hotdog. What should you do?
A. Administer 2 rescue breaths using a barrier device.
B. Perform a blind sweep of the victim's mouth using a soft cloth to keep
him from biting.
C. Deliver 2 back-slaps followed by looking into the mouth.
D. Position yourself behind the child and administer abdominal thrusts or
chest thrusts if warranted. (patient too large, pregnant or in a wheelchair)
- Correct Answer - D. Position yourself behind the child and administer
abdominal thrusts or chest thrusts if warranted. (patient too large,
pregnant or in a wheelchair)
4. Opioids are medications that are used to treat pain but have a high
potential for abuse. Addiction rate to the medications is a growing
problem and they can cause respiratory and or cardiac arrests. While the
first and most important step is to perform CPR, what is the name of the
medication that is utilized to reverse the effects of respiratory
depression?
A. Naloxone.
B. Ativan.
C. Lasix.
D. Magnesium Sulfate. - Correct Answer - A. Naloxone.
, 5. Your middle age neighbor is mowing his grass when he clutches his
chest and drops to the ground. He has no pulse or respirations. Your son
calls 911 while you initiate chest CPR. How fast should the compression
rate be?
A. 100 compressions per minute.
B. 100-120 compressions per minute.
C. 80-100 compressions per minute
D. 120-150 compressions per minute - Correct Answer - B. 100-120
compressions per minute.
6. Bystanders have pulled a young woman with a pulse but no
respirations out of a lake. One of them is administering rescue breaths at
a rate of one every 5-6 seconds while waiting for EMS to arrive. Which of
the following is true about rescue breaths?
A. Each breath should result in visible chest rise.
B. Give each breath over 1 second.
C. The pulse should be checked every 2 minutes.
D. All of the above.
- Correct Answer - D. All of the above.
7. Which of the following situations will slightly delay AED usage while
the situation is made safe for AED application?
A. A person found lying on a metal floor inside a meat cooler.
B. A person found submerged in a bathtub.
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1. An elderly woman collapses to the floor in a bingo hall. Your first
action should be:
A. Open the airway and give 2 breaths. (mouth to mouth rapid is best)
B. Go grab the defibrillator off the wall in the hallway.
C. Yell out/ call for help while simultaneously assessing for pulse and
respirations. (carotid or femoral is best)
D. Check for a carotid or radial pulse.
- Correct Answer - C. Yell out/ call for help while simultaneously
assessing for pulse and respirations. (carotid or femoral is best)
2. You are performing 1 rescuer CPR on a 75-year-old female with a
history of chest pain and diabetes. An AED has just been made
available to you. What is the first action that you should take at this time?
A. Finish the 5 cycles of chest compressions that you have started.
B. Place the AED pads on the chest.
C. Secure an electrical outlet to plug the AED into.
D. Turn the AED on.
- Correct Answer - D. Turn the AED on.
,3. You are attending your nephew's birthday party when a 15-year-old
suddenly starts choking on a hotdog. What should you do?
A. Administer 2 rescue breaths using a barrier device.
B. Perform a blind sweep of the victim's mouth using a soft cloth to keep
him from biting.
C. Deliver 2 back-slaps followed by looking into the mouth.
D. Position yourself behind the child and administer abdominal thrusts or
chest thrusts if warranted. (patient too large, pregnant or in a wheelchair)
- Correct Answer - D. Position yourself behind the child and administer
abdominal thrusts or chest thrusts if warranted. (patient too large,
pregnant or in a wheelchair)
4. Opioids are medications that are used to treat pain but have a high
potential for abuse. Addiction rate to the medications is a growing
problem and they can cause respiratory and or cardiac arrests. While the
first and most important step is to perform CPR, what is the name of the
medication that is utilized to reverse the effects of respiratory
depression?
A. Naloxone.
B. Ativan.
C. Lasix.
D. Magnesium Sulfate. - Correct Answer - A. Naloxone.
, 5. Your middle age neighbor is mowing his grass when he clutches his
chest and drops to the ground. He has no pulse or respirations. Your son
calls 911 while you initiate chest CPR. How fast should the compression
rate be?
A. 100 compressions per minute.
B. 100-120 compressions per minute.
C. 80-100 compressions per minute
D. 120-150 compressions per minute - Correct Answer - B. 100-120
compressions per minute.
6. Bystanders have pulled a young woman with a pulse but no
respirations out of a lake. One of them is administering rescue breaths at
a rate of one every 5-6 seconds while waiting for EMS to arrive. Which of
the following is true about rescue breaths?
A. Each breath should result in visible chest rise.
B. Give each breath over 1 second.
C. The pulse should be checked every 2 minutes.
D. All of the above.
- Correct Answer - D. All of the above.
7. Which of the following situations will slightly delay AED usage while
the situation is made safe for AED application?
A. A person found lying on a metal floor inside a meat cooler.
B. A person found submerged in a bathtub.
